Key Decision on Implementing Modern Awards
You are here:The AIRC / Fair Work Australia yesterday released an important decision on how it plans to transition employers and employees into the new modernised Priority and Stage II awards. These arrangements are also expected to apply to the other later stage modernised awards.
In its decision, the AIRC has provided for a 6 month grace period from the expected start date of the new modern awards (from 1 January 2010 until 1 July 2010), before which the new award conditions will commence to phase-in.
Also, employers will generally have 5 years to transition employees to the new wage and penalty rates.
See our article on how the transition arrangements will work.
